How the Word Counter Works
Type or paste text into the box above and every count updates live as you edit — no button to click. Words are counted by splitting on whitespace, so multiple spaces or line breaks between words don't inflate the count. Characters counts every character including spaces and punctuation, while Chars (no spaces) strips whitespace first. Sentences counts groups of text separated by sentence-ending punctuation (. ! ?).
The case conversion buttons rewrite the text in place: UPPERCASE and lowercase are self-explanatory, Title Case capitalizes the first letter of every word, and Sentence case capitalizes only the first letter of each sentence and lowercases the rest. Use Copy text to copy the current contents of the box to your clipboard in one click.
This is useful for writers checking against word or character limits (tweets, meta descriptions, essays, cover letters), students hitting an assignment's word count, or anyone who needs a quick case conversion without opening a full text editor. Nothing you type is uploaded anywhere — all counting and conversion happens locally in your browser.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is the word count calculated?
The text is split on any run of whitespace (spaces, tabs, line breaks), and empty results are discarded. Hyphenated words ("well-known") and contractions ("don't") each count as one word, matching how most word processors count.
Why might this count differ slightly from Microsoft Word or Google Docs?
Different tools use slightly different rules for edge cases like numbers, symbols, or em-dashes without surrounding spaces. For strict limits (like a platform's exact character cap), always verify against that platform's own counter as well.
Is my text saved or sent anywhere?
No. All counting and case conversion runs entirely in your browser with plain JavaScript — nothing you type is uploaded, logged, or stored anywhere.